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www.spec.com.au PORTLAND OBSERVER Friday March 13 2015 5 Cruise ships may be gone, but spirit remains COURTNEY MAGANN AS the Pacific Pearl departed Portland on Tuesday afternoon, spectators gathered once again along the cliff tops to wave off the last planned cruise ship for the year. With four visits under Portland’s belt in the space of just two months, the region has been kept busy ensuring its visitors had a memorable time. Glenelg Shire mayor Robert Halliday said he was “extremely proud” of the work that had gone in to attracting the cruise ships here. “I would like to congratulate the entire committee involved, past and present, including the former chairperson (Ray Gilby) for his efforts in making this all happen,” Cr Halliday said. “I personally think it has been an overwhelming success, I think the whole community accepted it very, very well.” The Portland Cable Trams proved to be a big winner over all four days of visits, with manager Joy Hocken praising all of the volunteers for their efforts. “The volunteers just excelled themselves, it was a huge effort, and it’s just all about them,” Ms Hocken said. Ms Hocken said more than a thousand passengers took a ride on one of the two trams over the four days. “We ran 10 trips a day, over four days,” she said. The Portland Cable Trams also celebrated their 13th birthday last week, with volunteer Marion Alkemade cutting the cake on Saturday, just as a tram filled with cruise ship passengers headed off on their journey. “Marion has the most conductor trips out of any volunteer, so she had the honours,” Ms Hocken said. The Portland Cable Trams offered a ‘Panoramic Portland’ tour that was sold on board the cruise ships, which allowed passengers to enjoy a tram ride, and then journey out to the Cape Nelson Lighthouse for a tour. Four of these tours were sold out on Tuesday, as the Pacific Pearl visited, and two were sold out on Saturday for the Pacific Jewel’s visit. The Portland Community Markets also rounded off the opportunity on a high, with around 100 market stalls being set up on each of the four days. “We had about 60 per cent (of stallholders) doing the whole four days, which was great,” said Portland Community Markets coordinator Heather Burton. “We’re very happy with everything, the atmosphere was wonderful,” she said. Ms Burton said like all things, there was always room for improvement, and the committee would be meeting to iron out as many issues as they could before the next cruise ship visits, currently scheduled for early next year. “We’ve already booked it in, if they’re here, we’ll be back,” Ms Burton added. The passengers from the Pacific Pearl and Pacific Jewel were surveyed about their experience in Portland by P&O, who are expected to pass that feedback onto the Glenelg Shire Council in the near future. Last week, Glenelg Shire economic development and tourism manager Neil Burgess, said he had not received any immediate feedback from P&O, which was taken to be a good thing. Mr Burgess said if they had any crucial problems, council would have been alerted immediately. The feedback will determine if P&O will continue to use Portland as one of their visits in the future. At this stage P&O has scheduled three visits for next year, in January and February. THE Portland Cable Trams also celebrated their 13th birthday last week, with volunteer Marion Alkemade and manager Joy Hocken cutting the cake on Saturday in celebration. Picture: JOSH NASH 150307jn018 THE Portland Cable Trams had yet another busy day on Saturday, with cruise ship passengers booking out tours. Picture: JOSH NASH 150307jn020 $13,990DRIVE WITH AUTO FROM AWAY Metallic paint $475 extra ^ Built with the city in mind, the all new Celerio is the extra large small car Limited offer, while stocks last. This offer is only available at participating Suzuki aut w Celerio is the extra large small car ou want. articipating Suzuki aut o be eligible for this offer o Suzuki Celerio . *ADR 81/02 results for manual transmission. 133 Fairy St Warrnambool. Ph: 5561 8700 | 135 Percy St Portland. Ph: 5523 5754 Callaghan Motors www.callaghanmotors.com.au LMCT 167 Searching for a car?